The crew behind chaotic co-op title Overcooked introduced their subsequent mission throughout The Game Awards, and it appears to take just a few cues from Hazelight’s work.
Were you conscious that two split-screen co-op journey video games, designed particularly for 2 gamers, had been introduced at The Game Awards 2024 final night time?
The one with probably the most buzz was clearly Split Fiction, the most recent mission from It Takes Two creator Josef Fares and his crew at Hazelight. Its title and launch date had already leaked beforehand, however its reveal trailer guarantees a enjoyable premise and distinctive mechanics for each degree.
But Ghost Town Games, the crew behind chaotic co-op title Overcooked and its sequel, have been engaged on one thing comparatively related, albeit with extra cartoonish, Luigi’s Mansion impressed presentation and British voice performing.
Titled Stage Fright, it’s arduous not to attract comparisons with Hazelight’s work, as Ghost Town Games describes their subsequent mission as ‘an all new co-operative expertise for 2 gamers’ that may be loved domestically or on-line.
Publisher Hello Games (the identical firm behind No Man’s Sky) even namedrops It Takes Two when describing how there’s a transparent marketplace for such co-op centric video games: ‘Overcooked began a bit of resurgence, however there aren’t sufficient video games you may play with mates. The enormous success of Overcooked and It Takes Two reveals that people actually crave them.’
We assume they’re referring to video games you may play with mates domestically. There are numerous multiplayer video games on the market, however sofa co-op has definitely change into one thing of a misplaced artwork.
If the trailer is something to go by, Stage Fright may also make use of split-screen, as its youngster protagonists discover themselves separated throughout two parallel worlds, the place actions in a single can influence the opposite.
Although you might be restricted to simply two gamers, Stage Fright guarantees ‘Overcooked-style chaotic moments’ as gamers make their method by means of escape room-esque challenges.
When is Stage Fright being launched?
Currently, Stage Fright lacks any type of launch window, and it’s additionally solely scheduled to launch on PC through Steam.
If it’s something like Overcooked, although, it’s certain to make the leap to consoles as nicely. It could even be within the works for the Nintendo Switch 2, since that’s meant to be arriving in 2025, however time will inform if that’s certainly the case.
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